Chapter 30: A Quest for Reality

The two of them and the cat gradually quickened their pace, quickly catching up with the hungry crowd, watching their stiff bodies move as if they were going to fall down at any moment.

In a short time, you will be able to get a glimpse of the whole picture of the small temple.

It is a dilapidated temple located in the middle of a slightly sunken small dirt slope.

The top of the temple was in ruins, and the pillars were cracked, like cracked earth, and the red paint on the outside had peeled off, falling haphazardly around the pillars, and no one had cleaned them.

In the courtyard of the temple, two Taoist priests of the Taiping Sect were busy working. One of them was maintaining order, while the other was boiling by a filthy cauldron.

In fact, there is no need for another Taoist priest to maintain order - there is no order at the scene. It's just that the refugees have nothing left in their stomachs, and the scene is silent, only the "clanging" sound of the spoon touching the cauldron.

"Ladies and gentlemen, don't be in a hurry, everyone has it! Invite the elderly, women, and children to receive the porridge first! Please rest assured, we have enough porridge! Look! There is a lot of grain piled up in the temple door, and everyone can get a bowl! But I hope that after you have eaten, you can listen to me and my brother and I preach, and come back tomorrow, too!" The older Taoist priest stroked his beard and said, obviously not speaking very loudly, but everyone present seemed to hear it.

"Immortal arts. Li Shen came up and whispered in He Hanwen's ear.

He Hanwen didn't answer, just nodded solemnly.

"Xiaozhu, let's go forward! Women and children can lead first, but I want to be taught. He Hanwen looked at it and touched Xiaozhu's arm, and then pulled her forward.

After waiting for more than ten minutes, it was finally He Hanwen's turn. I saw him take out a broken bowl from his arms that he didn't know where to pick up, the mouth of the bowl was missing, and the bottom of the bowl was almost smoothed, and then handed it to Xiaozhu and asked the Taoist priest to hold a bowl for her. When it was He Hanwen's turn, he stretched out his hands, held them, and let the young, beardless Taoist priest scoop them directly into his palm.

But the Taoist priest said, "Blessed longevity immeasurable Tianzun, child, you can wait a little, this porridge is hot!"

He Hanwen was afraid that he would miss the horse's feet, so he hurriedly said to the Taoist priest: "Dao Chief, you are hungry and thirsty, and you can't bear it, so give me a handful first!"

The young Taoist priest glanced at his senior brother, and the long-bearded Taoist priest tilted his head and motioned for him to give it to him, but his eyes were fixed on He Hanwen.

He Hanwen only glanced at the long-bearded Taoist priest out of the corner of his eye, but he didn't dare to turn his head to look, so he could only look into the pot with all his might, pretending to be greedy.

The young Taoist priest obviously didn't have as many eyes as his senior brother, so he picked up a spoon, scooped up a bowl of thicker ones, and swept them in the air, waiting for the porridge to cool down a little, and then sprinkled it in He Hanwen's palm.

The porridge was still very hot, He Hanwen couldn't stand it a little, tears and snot flowed. But he couldn't take care of it, so in order not to show his flaws, he directly swallowed the porridge in his palm into his stomach.

The porridge was hard to eat, and although there was some rice and wheat in it, and some beans and mulberries, it still couldn't hide the unpalatable bran skin and some fine grains of sand inside.

He Hanwen felt that the old man was looking at him, and he definitely couldn't hesitate, so he swallowed them hard, pretending to be satisfied, and then begged for the rest of the spoon.

The young Taoist priest was about to give it to him, but the old Taoist priest stopped his actions, took out a bowl from his sleeve robe like a trick, handed it to He Hanwen, and then said, "Child, eat slowly, and let him serve some more." ”

The young man with the number and tolerance gave the rest of the spoon to He Hanwen, and then put the spoon into the pot again, ready to give He Hanwen another half a spoonful.

He Hanwen didn't want to eat this porridge at all, so he said: "The two Taoist leaders, Hanwen thank you for your kindness, but you have made an appointment in advance, and no one will get a bowl. If I eat it, it will be unfair to others. I had already gotten it because of my age, and I was already bargaining, so I couldn't take any more. If everyone present has eaten it, and there is still leftover, Hanwen will be cheeky enough to ask for a bowl of porridge to eat. ”

After speaking, He Hanwen held the bowl and respectfully saluted the two, then caught up with Xiaozhu, and pretended to be very happy and shouted: "Sister! Sister! My bowl is big, and I can share some more with you!"

And Rong had no choice but to give this spoonful to the next child who came to receive the porridge, and those children also followed He Hanwen's example, made a big gift after eating the porridge, and quickly gave up the place to the next one.

"You can teach!" said the old Taoist priest to Ji Rong.

"Yes, what a good boy! Senior brother has an idea?" and Rong also likes He Hanwen.

"Let's see. This kid is not so simple. Not like your average hungry people. The old Taoist priest said.

He Rong had only been in the Taiping Sect for five or six years, and he was only twenty years old, so how could he have thought of so much? Therefore, he did not understand what the senior brother said, so he said, "I don't see it, senior brother, I like this child. ”

"Take your time, the first time I saw him, I felt that something was unnatural. ”

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The porridge was finished, He Hanwen pulled Xiaozhu and Li Shen to a small corner on the periphery, and after resting, they began to discuss.

He Hanwen: "Xiaozhu, what do you think?"

Xiaozhu: "The concubine doesn't understand this, the young master might as well tell the concubine." ”

He Hanwen: "I'm afraid that bearded man has been doubting me, and he may have some ability." The young one seems to be called Herong, and it seems that he has not been in the Taiping Sect for a long time, and he is still tender. ”

Xiaozhu: "We don't seem to show any horses, so why is the Taoist priest suspicious of you?"

He Hanwen: "I can't say it, there is an intuition in the dark. Although I have been fooled today, I am afraid that it will not dispel the doubts of the Taoist priest. Our focus should be on the older Taoist priest. I'm afraid he's the one in charge. ”

Li Shen: "That Taoist priest is not simple, there are two methods. I can see his immortal spells. ”

He Hanwen: "Li Shen, are you sure you can deal with him?"

Li Shen: "It's hard to say, he has too few means to show it. If you only have this level, it will not be difficult to defeat him, but if you want to be silent, I am afraid it will not work. ”

He Hanwen: "It's okay, then Xu Tuzhi." Let's not take a break, but see how the two of them preach and preach, and how they deceive people's hearts, and then find a way, we need to plan and then act. Xiaozhu, you quietly go and tell us to disguise ourselves as refugees, don't show your feet, and listen to my dispatch and act cheaply. ”